Contoura Medical Spa is a beautiful oasis near downtown Alpharetta that, given the chance, can rejuvenate and transform your skin into a younger looking and healthier you. Contoura, which opened over the Spring, offers cutting-edge technology in a luxurious spa setting. The entire staff is committed to helping you find the best you through their…
Women's Health & Issues
Welcome to the hub for women's health and issues. Here you will find information on issues important to women - from health to business opportunities.
Healthy Soups Made with Bone Broth
Bone broth stock is one of the most delicious ingredients to add a healthy base to a soup or recipe. But did you know that bone broth also supplies the body with much needed minerals and joint healing nutrients? According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, “Stock contains minerals in a form the body can…
Learn Ways to Reclaim Life Again After a Horrifying Experience Through Book “Room 939”
Jenny Lynn Anderson went through a horrifying experience as a young woman. An experience that took her to unimaginable dark places that she almost could not recover from. In her book, Room 939, Jenny Lynn tells the story of how she overcame a horrific experience with a stranger and how her faith, friends and family…
Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer was in Fact an Incredible Journey
Our team is preparing for the Atlanta 2 Day this November! We are raising awareness, training and holding fundraisers. Here is my article from last year! The Atlanta 2Day Walk for Breast Cancer was so much fun I am already signed up for 2017! Twenty miles in one day and ten the next was not…
Beauty Treatments: A “Do” or a “Don’t” During Pregnancy?
Many women (and men!) have beauty regimens they follow to keep themselves looking and feeling great, but what happens when that pregnancy test comes back positive? Is it necessary to put some or all of our beauty routines on pause during pregnancy? Here at MotherToBaby Georgia, we looked at several common beauty treatments and what…
Protecting Yourself and Your Family from the Zika Virus
A local Teratology Information Specialist, Bethany Kotlar, recently endured the Zika virus after a vacation with family to the Caribbean Islands. By reading below, you will learn how she got the Zika virus and how you can too. As a Teratology Information Specialist, I counsel women and their families on medications, chemicals, herbal remedies, and…
Cord Blood Banking
In current treatments and clinical trials, cord blood cells adapt to the host’s body – more easily than any other type of cell – and repair damaged tissue. These cells speed up the body’s natural healing process, while also boosting the immune system. Cord blood cells have been used in treatment for over 20 years, and new…
Give Your Skin an Awesome Autumn
Summer is over, and your skin most likely needs a little TLC after a season of exposure to the sun, heat, and drying air conditioning. As you transition into fall, you’ll need to transition your skincare regimen as well—so check out our fall skincare tips to help keep your skin feeling soft and smooth all…
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
AlpharettaMoms.Org brings content to our readers on Domestic Violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month which recognizes the brutal reality that many children and women across the world endure every day. The National Coalition against Domestic Violence (NCADV) NCADV believes violence against women and children results from the use of force or threat to achieve…
CoolSculpting Permanently Freezes Fat Cells
CoolSculpting eliminates fat cells through a freezing process on specific areas of your body. When The Swan Center for Plastic Surgery reached out to me at AlpharettaMoms.Org to try this procedure and in return tell our readers about my experience, I had to give it a try. I was impressed by Rachel and Travis’s knowledge…
Northside Hospital-Forsyth Now Offers 3D Mammography
Women who undergo routine mammograms at Northside Hospital-Forsyth’s Breast Care Center now have the latest diagnostic technology available to them, digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography. Northside was the first in Atlanta to offer breast tomosynthesis, when it acquired the groundbreaking technology at its Atlanta Breast Care Center in September 2011. “More cases…
The Alpharetta “Mommy Make-Over”
AlpharettaMoms.Org is pleased to present an article from nationally known, board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Amy Alderman with The Swan Center for Plastic Surgery in Alpharetta. Dr. Alderman “provides a unique perspective to patient care by being a female surgeon and also a mother of two children. Each surgical plan is individually tailored to patients’…
The Swan Center’s Customized Facial Peels
Professional facial peels can help reveal smoother, brighter, healthier skin. The Swan Center offers highly trained and experienced aestheticians that work with you to determine what is best for your interests and skin needs. The Swan Center reached out to me to discuss their non-surgical/clinical procedures and to personally show me how I can optimize…
How do you know if you are in an abusive relationship?
Abusive relationships are a funny thing. And strangely enough, it is often because they are so wonderful at the beginning. Many relationships that become abusive begin with a man wholly devoted, passionate, dedicated, eager to make sure his partner knows how much he loves her. For many a love starved or even a powerful, independent…
Domestic Violence Shelters and Safe Houses Alpharetta
Domestic violence is no joking matter. It happens everyday and there is no excuse for it. Luckily, there is help for victims of domestic violence abuse. There are domestic violence shelters or safe houses and domestic violence counseling. Spousal abuse and child abuse is against the law and you should not have to live in…